I'm not Takumi
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http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2007/September/Day-27/i19118.htm
Fuck, still no Ford Focus ST....
Fuck, still no Ford Focus ST....
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I can import what now?
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Still no R34 Skyline? 
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COSSIE!
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I...just...melted...
The_Finn
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legalization of a cossie last i checked is around 25K. The RS6 Avant was 40Kish. either way until i can get my hands on a GTiR or a Delta Integrale HF i can't say i am super interested.
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Hahaha, if you want a GTiR, move to Canada! :lol:
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My friends gonna crap when he finds out he could get an R33. He's always wanted one.
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What's so expensive if they are already legalized for importation (is that a proper word?
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The_Finn
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yeah you guys have what a 15 year rule? I can't believe i have to wait another 10 years before i can get a 1993 323 GTAe while you can get them next year. They will all be gone by the time i can get them
What's so expensive if they are already legalized for importation (is that a proper word?
in order to import a car to the US it has to be inspected by the department of transportation. part of that inspection is crash testing. the cars on that have have already been crash tested so that the government knows what needs to be done to each imported car for them to be able to meet the US safety standards. Those modifications are the part that gets expensive.
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^ Yes everyone else around the world is dying in unsafe vehicles, drat.
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yeah we suck.
zenkidori
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where the hell have you been? that shit has been on the list for YEARS now.
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Everyone in the US should thank Mercedes-Benz. They are the asswipes who convinced the nhtsa/epa that if people by their own accord decided to import a non conforming vehicle they were going to kill the rain forest, rape innocent Mormon children, and the driver/owner would die in a firey death.
WTF ever happened to "land of the free?" Why the fuck am I not free to choose to drive a car which only has a 4 star crash rating?
The lists the government posts only say what can be legalized. You still have to pay someone to legalize it. And since that someone had to spend the money to research how to (complete with crash testing to prove it's a proper "fix"), it gets expensive.
Last I looked there was a company in Torrance, CA importing Cossie's for a total $60k out the door, with the shitty $ value it's probably higher now.
WTF ever happened to "land of the free?" Why the fuck am I not free to choose to drive a car which only has a 4 star crash rating?
What's so expensive if they are already legalized for importation (is that a proper word?
The lists the government posts only say what can be legalized. You still have to pay someone to legalize it. And since that someone had to spend the money to research how to (complete with crash testing to prove it's a proper "fix"), it gets expensive.
Last I looked there was a company in Torrance, CA importing Cossie's for a total $60k out the door, with the shitty $ value it's probably higher now.
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Like it's my fault my friend didn't know he could import it?
zenkidori
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lol, no. but I thought pretty much everyone knew this stuff thanks to the motorex fiasco. R33s have been the only ones legal for import for road use for some time.
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Our government makes so much sense it scares me. They won't let us import cars because they don't think they are safe enough. Yet I see lots of cars everyday that, even from just looking at them, I can tell they're unsafe. Broken headlights, obviously ruined suspension, badly dented, rusted, missing turn signals, tail lights, ect. But their owners can get away with it because the government, who is obviously very concerned with safety as we're discussing, doesn't bother to inspect cars already on the road for just such a thing.
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I'm not Takumi
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Our government makes so much sense it scares me. They won't let us import cars because they don't think they are safe enough. Yet I see lots of cars everyday that, even from just looking at them, I can tell they're unsafe. Broken headlights, obviously ruined suspension, badly dented, rusted, missing turn signals, tail lights, ect. But their owners can get away with it because the government, who is obviously very concerned with safety as we're discussing, doesn't bother to inspect cars already on the road for just such a thing.
Yeah, but how would Americans react to a US version of MOT? All the homeless folks by default would have to walk or take the bus. :lol: